For the first time in the history of EA Sports' FIFA franchise, women will be included in the game. Announced today, FIFA 16 will feature 12 of the top-ranked Women's National Teams.
Women's National Teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the United States of America will represent their respective federations in several FIFA 16 game modes including Kick Off, an Offline Tournament, as well as Online Friendly Matches.
"Bringing some of the best women's players and teams in the world to our franchise is a massive event for EA SPORTS, and we are equally excited about bringing millions of fans a new way to play," said EA Sports FIFA VP and GM David Rutter. "We're making sure fans get an authentic experience when playing with Women's National Teams thanks to our innovative player capture and reference tools, as well as the sophisticated gameplay platform which we will continue to innovate on in FIFA 16."
With the help and support of four top players from the United States Women's National Team — Sydney Leroux, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, and Megan Rapinoe — EA has been able to build new locomation for women in FIFA 16, including new walks, runs, sprints, and horizontal movement.
"I honestly can't believe all of the science and technology behind the game itself, let alone getting us into the motion capture suits and eventually into the game," said Abby Wambach, world record holder for International goals scored and forward for the United States Women's National Team. "We're all excited to see ourselves in the game, but even more excited to see the reaction from all of the fans, including the fans of our team that maybe wouldn't be expecting something like this from EA SPORTS."
Honestly, this has been a long time coming and I'm surprised it has even taken this long to include Women's National Teams. I can't speak for everyone, here in the U.S. I feel that the Women's National Team is at least as popular, if not more, than the Men's. It's just a bit odd that EA would market the inclusion of Women's teams as a "feature." You'd expect this sort of thing to have already been included years ago.
Either Way, it's happening in FIFA 16 which will launch on September 22, 2015, for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.
